In a single Instagram video, former President Joe Biden made it clear who he hopes strikes into the Governor’s mansion in Georgia: Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Biden, who has largely remained impartial when it got here to political endorsements since leaving workplace final 12 months, known as Bottoms “one thing particular” in championing her report and tenure as mayor and as a member of his administration.
“I’ve recognized her for a very long time, and she or he’s one thing particular,” Biden mentioned, including, “Georgia, she’s prepared. She’s been prepared.”
Bottoms was among the many shortlist of doable working mates to be Biden’s Vice President through the 2020 election. Throughout her stint within the White Home, she served as senior adviser for public engagement from 2022 to 2023 and later served as a senior adviser throughout Biden’s re-election marketing campaign.
The race to switch Brian Kemp is closely contested on either side of the aisle. At the moment, polling reveals Bottoms main Democrat challengers in a major subject that features former Georgia state Sen. Jason Esteves, former state labor commissioner and DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond and former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan. Duncan, who served within the position as a Republican, switched events final 12 months, citing a shift in Republican politics beneath Donald Trump. Duncan has lengthy been a critic of Trump and supported Kamala Harris within the 2024 presidential election.
Amongst Republicans, present Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Legal professional Basic Chris Carr and well being care CEO and billionaire Rick Jackson are among the many high polling candidates. In a survey carried out between April 28 and 29, Bottoms led the Democrat subject with 52 p.c of the vote, with Jackson main the Republican subject, adopted by Jones and Raffensperger.
Bottoms was elected Atlanta’s sixtieth mayor in 2017, defeating Mary Norwood in a runoff. She might face one other runoff for the Democratic nomination for Governor after the Might 19 major.
